Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame.
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False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly or profits him; shame is with poverty, but confidence with wealth.Hesiod
Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin.
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A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing
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Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart.
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If you should put even a little on a little and should do this often, soon this would become big.
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Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers.
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